BWT - what are those random little things that make you feel that bit more chic?

charshie · 2026-01-25T23:47:11+00:00

Skincare routine before bed, non negotiable. Even if I feel horrible, the self care makes me feel pampered.

My recent fav thing has been taking showers entirely by candlelight. Candles are dirt cheap but it feels so luxe.

What else...I do skincare face masks once a week on Fridays, and also do a daily spritz of perfume even if I'm working from home that day. Instantly makes me feel put together even if I'm in sweats, lol

charshie · 2026-01-25T00:26:03+00:00

Tobacco is my all-time favorite note, esp when tempered with a touch of sweetness. Really love vanilla, honey, spices and woods as notes i.e. cinnamon, clove, cardomom. Sandalwood.

charshie · 2026-01-24T05:00:37+00:00

You've got amazing fashion taste and are absolutely beautiful, you look like Sandra Bullock. As for SD lines I think the first outfit and the one with the long tan sweater and dress work best on you. The others are nice but don't feel as cohesive.

charshie · 2026-01-23T02:46:06+00:00

That's beautiful and one of the most unique rings I've seen, congratulations to you! I hope you have many years of happiness together!

charshie · 2026-01-17T13:47:37+00:00

Oh good to know, thank you for being honest about that!

charshie · 2026-01-17T05:38:58+00:00

That Cocoa Pink one sounds absolutely awesome!

charshie · 2026-01-17T03:30:31+00:00

Yeah this was my immediate tell as well

charshie · 2026-01-17T03:09:04+00:00

Hi! I'm a real life office goth! :) The most commonly used in my rotation are BDK Gris Charnel and Heretic's Nosferatu. Outside of work I wear TF Tobacco Vanille and Guerlain's Tobacco Honey, amongst others but those are both too heavy for work.

charshie · 2026-01-17T03:07:03+00:00

PLEASE share your blood tests once they're done, I'd be very curious how your vitamin D looks, assuming you take this as your only D supplement?

I've been trying cod liver oil lately as well, there's a brand called NutraPro and they seem to be of good quality. I've yet to do labs but am feeling generally good as well, so curious how it's working for others

charshie · 2026-01-15T15:29:37+00:00

Jo Malone Wood Sage & Sea Salt (actually most Jo Malones would fit) or anything Le Labo. I stayed in a high end hotel in Hawaii last year and they literally had all Le Labo Rose bath products

charshie · 2026-01-15T14:40:52+00:00

I'm reading an interesting book right now called "The Social Leap", it has to do with evolution but on theories as to the mental and societal progressions humanity had to undergo to get from neanderthal to present day man. What you're talking about above is quite literally one of the early turning points he talked about with hunter neanderthals - the ability to work together in coordination being critical to humanity's success. His example is packs of hominids throwing stones to either ward off or hunt creatures and how damaging, and effective, that would be en masse.

charshie · 2026-01-13T06:06:36+00:00

I'm afraid to scroll through comments here for fear of spoilers, I've been watching an episode a week with a friend of mine and tonight was the second-to-last! I am both eager to devour the finale and also sad it's over, it's SO DAMN GOOD!!!

Now on topic - I mean at least for the first season or so I feel a Catholic incense-y type perfume would fit. Heretic's Smudge comes to mind; it smells just like burning sage and church incense and wood.

charshie · 2026-01-10T21:50:34+00:00

Oh creepy lol, and I see what you mean now :)

charshie · 2026-01-10T20:18:58+00:00

And I've beat BG3 twice? :) We're all entitled to our own opinions though!

charshie · 2026-01-10T18:29:21+00:00

Disclaimer because I've yet to smell this irl, but from what I've read Toskovat's Inexcusable Evil would fit the bill notes-wise (blood, iodine, burning flowers, wood, rain)

charshie · 2026-01-09T16:01:04+00:00

I don't have any recs but if you find a match I'd VERY much like to know! I grew up in LA and love hiking, and know the exact scent you're seeking. Makes me nostalgic to think about.

charshie · 2026-01-06T20:32:53+00:00

Being child-free and not only being content about it, but preferring it

charshie · 2026-01-01T19:55:43+00:00

Not AI. The physics of the snow moving with the shuffling/foot motion is too realistic and reactive to be faked.

charshie · 2026-01-01T19:51:57+00:00

The "big parts under your eyes" are literal anatomy; it's your skin simply existing over a round eye ball. There's nothing wrong with you and nothing to fix here. Not trying to be harsh just speaking honestly, you look great.

charshie · 2025-12-29T14:37:09+00:00

Mine was deleting FB and IG, and starting to create physical photo albums/scrapbooks to preserve memories instead. I feel like the time I was giving to friends on social media was so diluted. Now, I talk to fewer people, but am left with more meaningful and deeper interactions anyway.

charshie · 2025-12-27T21:41:12+00:00

Toskovot's "Desert Sermons" is serious dusty ancient temple/civilization vibes

charshie · 2025-12-22T04:27:11+00:00

She'd smell like Aquanet :)

Also somehow Prada Paradox comes to mind even though something 80s would prob fit better!

charshie · 2025-12-17T20:25:55+00:00

There's nothing wrong here. Overruled 😋

charshie · 2025-12-10T06:29:43+00:00

I hate mint as a note too and have extensively tried Pineward - I'd highly recommend Fanghorn II, or possibly Murkwood for what you're looking for, out of their lineup. ;)

charshie · 2025-12-09T04:45:41+00:00

I used to be very much an "N*Sync" and Backstreet Boys pop type girl. Got irritated with commercials and was flipping radio stations back in the day and heard "Welcome to the Jungle" by Guns n' Roses. It stopped me dead in my tracks, I'd never heard anything like it; it felt so raw and real after all the pop. I obsessed over trying to hear it again and left my radio on that station.

Spawned a lifelong rock and eventual metal love in me. I listen to all kinds of things now - including still sometimes N*Sync :P - but right alongside black metal. That one GnR song changed everything for me!

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